Drowning!

Lived beside comfort for years and never recognized 
its breath until you showed
Like a quiet miracle, made me believe 
Worthy of softness, and to be loved 
That didn’t come with wounds and bruises.

My nerves, once frayed and cold, 
Now calm and composed under your touch
Gentle hands, steady warmth, compassionate gesture
I let myself fall without knowing
Into a storm, with no sky to scream at.

Now I thrash in the wreckage, salt choking my throat
struggling, gasping, surfing shadows. 
Not because I’m, but we both are.
Saw it in your eyes. the same ache,
the same exhaustion of pretending we're fine.

Two creatures not meant for land,
a fish and a frog, too afraid to leap into water.
We’re not drifting apart.
We’re drowning towards each other
Closer with every unsaid word, swallowed confession,
Every moment we pretend, we don’t feel the same pull.
We say nothing, and silence becomes the ocean
that buries us both.

We drown now, not from the weight of what felt,
but from the heaviness of unsaid.
We could’ve saved each other, 
Yet, this silence, much easier.

Cheers

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